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THE CASSIA BUTTERFLY. 



fapilio Cassias. 

 PLATE XXXI. 



Papilio Cassiae, Shawls Nat. Misc. pi. 791. 



THE upper surface of the wings is of a bright 

 cinnamon brown, and considerably indented, with a 

 broad, scalloped, sesquilaterous, bright golden-yellow 

 band, traversing both the upper and lower wings. 

 At the exterior margin, it is of a deep saffron, or 

 golden-yellow, gradually softening into the prevailing 

 tint. The body is of the same colour as the wings. 

 On the upper wings, towards their tips, are two pale 

 blue roundish spots. This Papilio measures four 

 inches and a half in breadth. The caterpillar is 

 large, being three inches in length. It is of a pale 

 willow-green above, with transverse broad bands. 

 A longitudinal fillet of blue extends from the head 

 to the tail, banded on each side by crimson ; beneath 

 which is another longitudinal band of rich yellow, 

 bounded on its lower extremity by a white band. 

 The belly is deep olive green. The head is green, 

 furnished with two ciliated appendages, like antennae, 

 and two hooked teeth-like processes. On the coronal 

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